TELEGRAPHIC.

Evening Star, Issue 4293, 29 November 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

[Per Pbess Agency.] Land for Settlement. Attcklakd, November 28. The Want* TdtiWl Board held its first meeting toX fiS considered Mr Broomhall's IpplSon for 47 OCO acres at Upper Thames for special settiementVanfli declined to grant it until itW been ascertained whether it would absorb all the land aSbfe f!S of confiscated land wiß deferred, because no prion was mentioned. Mr Pritchard guarantees to ST. fcroduce 1,200 immigrants to bHeWed on thV, ■Nr^ S 7^? le a 1 Kahnai qnartz, tested at the Bank ol' proved non-auriferous. «" l *°>- The Hon. Mr Wlritaker has gone to the Thame* AbTt?r ied by Wardea Fraßer . Abolition arrangements. The Para Para Company. Nelson November 28.-The Para Para Iroo Company have decided not to wind upf tot to £E ttonf Capital by Llo0 * 000 and °*** on openi. Interprovinoial Regatta. i,J?,? ~IS™ *? RCH « Nove, aber 28.-A meeting is to be held on Friday to consider the question of Bending a crew to the Nelson Regatta. i,„ M $ Car ™ the: ?• Engineer-in-Chief for the Colony, has devised a scheme of drainage for Christchurch and districts, which provides for underground sewers, from which the sewage will have to be Ertuar mS ° a 86Wer leadißg *° tho Heathcoto J. Gaul, photographer, committed suleide by taking poison. * The O.R .A's Meeting. CHRisrcHUECH, November 29.—1t is feared that the nnng for General Government and district prizes will interfere with many Volunteers attendxng the Otago Rifle Association prize shootrini? as the two competitions take place about the same time. Efforts will be made to get the date for the district prize-firing altered. The firing for the selection of carbine represen. tatives at the Colonial prizefiring has commenced. The highest scorers in the first competition are Sergt. Hill, 87; Sergt.-Major Pox, 86; Lieut. Strange, 78; Gunner Paton, 74. Between 70,000 and 80,000 salmon have been hatched out. Mr Whittaker at the Thames. Grahamstown, November 29.—The Hen. P. Whittaker arrived here yesterday. He attended t « e , S i ir J^ alter Soott Lod Ke la »* night,and was affiliated to fecottish Masonry for the purpose of taking office as Provincial Grand Master of the Scottish constitution in the North Island, to which post he has been elected. The affiliation took place in the presence of over 100 Masonic brethren, and a banquet was held to celebrate the event. Mr Whittaker remains for a day to transact business. To-day he is with Mr Mackav and Mr Puckey conferring with Natives re land purchase and the extension of the telegraph to Paeroa, the opposition to which is nearly removed A movement is being commenced here to effect an amalgamation of the Borough and County The stoppage of the big pump is threatened. Only enough of the LSO.OOO grant £ left to ™tn for another month. v»».jr w

The Divorce Court. Wemjngtok, November 29.—1n the case of EH'V; F ? r ? t Ha B an « tho Petitioner Sed for a dissolution of marriage on the grouna of He married Elizabeth BrownitLurgan, ? d oame to Dunedin in 1866. I Wlf £ became acquainted with the u^^^~ Va ffT* storekeeper, and went to live with him. Before that he Wrd Her connection with Hagan spoken about, and he asked her not to visit Hasan's house. She refused, and left IZ hom « altogether. He endeavored to induce her t9 return, but she refused. In 1870 he took proceedines against her, not being in a position to fn "ww OtS - [A let^ er °S wife, written m iB6O, was. produced, identified, and read.

It was a (nil and tepentanft eonfMSion of hflr Intimacy with Eagan, whom etn dmounced as bein;r, tc«cthor with drin>, the cans-; of her ruin r.nd poverty.; She afterrr&rds frith ana others, and fed had tvrs children aims le.wir; husband. H? Barton applied for an odjesnunont to enable him to produce evidence taken before Commissioners in Dunedin. After some reluctance, the Bench granted an adjournment till Friday next, at three, but said that the confession must not be taken as a precedent. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] New Government Buildings. Wellington, November 28.—The Premier has Bhifted his quarters into the new Government Buildings, waere tho Public Works and other departments are also moving. The New Zealaud Insurance Company have purchased Messrs Edmondson, Sellars, and Co.'s premises as offices. Mr and Mrs Hall commence a starring engagement at the Theatre to-morrow. The Chamber of Commerce have opened a handsome room as aplace of regular resort. Libel Actions. Wellington, November 29.—1t is reported that Mr Ballance, of the ' Wanganui Herald,' has commenced a libel action against the ' Chonicle.' In Barton v. the'N. Z. Timeß,'for alleged libel, the writ was issued yesterday. Dr Giles and Major Brown have returned from Poverty Bay to prepare a report of their inquiry into the conduct of Judge Bogan and Commissioner Wilson. The shipmasters have been warned of an eleotric cable buoy floating in the way of vessels approaching this port. A second bnoy attached to the cable has disappeared. The heat on Sunday was 122 degrees in the shade by the ordinary thermometer. The * Post * condemns the Government for delay in bringing the Counties system into operation. The Counties Act. Napier, November 28.—iieferring to the Counties Act and the evident contradiction in the eleventh and twelfth clauses, the' Telegraph' says it is a fortunate circumstance that clause 109 was inserted, giving power to the Governor to amend the Act. Probably no Parliament in any other British Colony would have allowed such a clause to be slipped into a measure without being challenged. The Act stands with all its blunders and imperfections, and in this particular instance the counties may be congratulated on the General Assembly having delegated its power to the Governor.